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WEU: EU uncertain about NATO enlargement

01 March 1997

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The results of recent surveys by the US Information Agency show that the public in France, Germany and Britain express increased scepticism about the benefits of NATO enlargement. In 1996 majorities in France (56%), Germany (61%) and Britain (66%) thought enlargement would be beneficial. Now the numbers are 39% for France, 38% for Germany and 42% for Britain. When asked how they should vote in a referendum to include a series of countries in NATO, fewer than half say they would vote in favour of admitting any one country. Majorities in France (60%), Germany (73%) and Britain (66%) think the West "should not move too quickly on expanding NATO because Russia feels threatened by NATO expansion and the West's relations with Russia could worsen as a result."

European Opinion Alert, USIA Office of Research and Media Reaction, 7.2.97.

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